Safety-razor.



H. COYNE.

I SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED on. 5. 1914.

Patented June 8, 1915.

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SAFETY-RAZOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOOPER OOYNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements of safety razor in which the razor blade is held firmly in place when in use, and in which the parts may be readily assembled and disassembled when it is desired to clean the razor or substitute another blade, or for other purposes.

It is well known that with the safety razors now generally in use, there is more or less trouble and annoyance in taking the razor apart and cleaning up the same and then restoring the same to the original assembled position each time that the razor is used.

The object of my invention is to reduce and simplify the number of these parts, and tofacilitate the operation of assembling and disassembling these parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of the complete razor ready for use; Fig. 2 shows the support for therazor blade, with the blade and its sliding locking piece detached, the razor'blade being shown in dotted lines; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the razor with the parts assembled; Fig. 4 shows a section along the line 44 of Fig. 1, and looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 5. is an end view as seen from the right of Fig. 1, the parts being shown on a larger scale; Fig. 6 shows a section along the line 66 of Fig. 4, and looking in the direction of the arrows, the parts being shown on a larger scale; Fig. 7 shows a similar section along the line 7-7 of Fig. 4, and looking in the direction of the arrows; and Fig. 8 is a de-.

tail showing the sliding locking piece for locking the razor blade in place on it's sup-' ort. p A represents the holder or support for the Specification of Letters Patent.

the part A in the usual way.

Patented June a, 1915.

Application ma October 5, 1914. SeriaINo. 865,116.

razor, which is preferably provided with clearance slots a to register with the edges of" the blade.

B represents the stud that is pressed into the holder and projects through the center of the razor blade, and B represents the two end studs which are provided with engaging flanges b as shown in Figs. B7.

0 represents the razor blade, which is perforated to permit the passage therethrough of the studs B and B, as shown in Fig. 4.

D represents the locking piece which is made of a single piece of metal, shown in Fig. 8, and is provided with inwardly-turned flanges (i, said flanges having beveled ends d as shown most clearly in Figs. 4 and 8. This locking piece is arch-shaped in cross section, as shown in Figs. 5-7, and the inwardly turned flanges b have their inner edges inclined slightly upward toward the arch and engaging the shoulders of the studs B, with ,the result that the resilient metal locking strip presses downward on the razor blade and automatically adapts itself to varying thicknesses of the blade, and always holds the blade firmly in place on the combined guard and support.

E represents the handle which may be of any suitable construction, and is hinged to To assemble the parts, the holder A being in the position shown in Fig. 2, the razor blade is put in place, engaging the studs B and B, and then the sliding locking piece slid longitudinally from the end of the support to engage the flanges on the studs B and B.

be quickly applied or removed; thus the device consists essentially ofthree parts,- the support carrying the locking studs, the razor blade, and the sliding locking piece for holding the blade firmly in position.

The locking piece should be made of resilient material so that it will automatically lhe beveled ends 01 of the inturnedflanges d will serve to center the press down on the razor blade and stifien same near its edges, as well as hold same firmly in place. Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In a safety razor, the combination with a holder provided with a plurality of flanged studs projecting from one side thereof, of a blade adapted to slip'over said studs, and a sliding resilient locking piece arch-shaped in cross section and having the edges turned inward and slightly upward toward the arch, said member being, adapted to engage said flanged studs and to press down and hold the razor blade in position, substantially as described.

2. In a safety razor, the combination with In testimony whereof, I afiix my signa- 30 ture, in presence of two witnesses.

HOOPER COYNE.

Witnesses:

CHAS. N. Donny, W. H. SYME. 

